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how to talk about job and profession in Turkish

How do you ask about the Profession and the Job? Formal questions: what is your profession?  Ne iş yapıyorsunuz? What is your occupation? mesleğiniz nedir? Informal questions: what is your profession? Ne iş yapıyorsun? What is your occupation? mesleğin ne? Let’s take a look at the most common professions. I'm a teacher.  Ben bir öğretmenim. I'm a doctor. Ben bir doktorum. I'm a pharmacist. Ben bir eczacıyım. I'm a professor at the university. Ben bir üniversite profesörüyüm. I'm an engineer. Ben bir mühendisim. I’m a mechanic. Ben bir tamirciyim. I'm a real estate agent. Ben bir emlakcıyım. I'm an artist. Ben bir ressamım. I'm a tailor. Ben bir terziyim. I'm a plumber. Ben bir bir su tesisatçısıyım. I’m an accountant. Ben bir muhasebeciyim . I’m a carpenter. Ben bir marangozum . I’m an architect. Ben bir mimarım . I’m a designer. Ben bir tasarımcıyım. I’ m a timber merchant. Ben bir kereste tüccarıyım. I am a carpet merchant. Ben bir halı tüccarıy...

The Turkish Alphabet

  Hi everyone (herkese merhaba), nice to see you again. I’m Mahsa and today, we will learn the Turkish alphabet. Learning the Turkish alphabet is important because its structure is used in everyday conversation. Before starting this video, make sure you hit the subscribe button and bell down below. That way you always take advantage of new lessons. Alright, if you’re ready, let’s get the board rolling. The Turkish alphabet has 29 letters; Most Turkish letters are similar in pronunciation to their English counterparts, but Seven which  ( Çç, Ğğ, Iı, İi, Öö, Şş, Üü) have been modified from their Latin original to reflect the actual sounds of spoken Turkish. Aa örneğin anne, Arkadaş, araba, abla Bb örneğin baba, bebek, banka Cc örneğin cam, ceket, cadde Çç örneğin çiçek, çay, çadır (tent), çanta Dd örneğin deniz, defter, duvar, dolmuş Ee örneğin ekmek, eldiven, eczane, gel, ben, erik, elbise  Note: When "e" is followed by the letters "le," "me...

Basic Turkish Vocabularies for Newcomers

  Hi everyone, welcome to this exciting journey of learning Turkish. My name is Mahsa & I will teach you some basic vocabulary for newcomers. Let's get started! The first word I will teach you is " Merhaba" which means Hello, Hi . The other word you can use is Selam. These words are used for daily greetings in Turkey. Now, moving on to the word Ben means I .  "Ben" is the subject pronoun in Turkish used for the one "doing" verb. Anyway, let's get on with,  some daily nouns that you can hear them are such as, Ev means home,  Fırın which is where you go to place for fresh bread  (Ekmek) because it implies bakery,  And lastly, taksi means taxi. Let's dig into the first verb, gel which means come, and another very useful verb is git which means go. The infinitive form of gel is gelmek and the infinitive form of git is gitmek. e.g. ben geliyorum. 2. Taksi geliyor. e.g. Ben gidiyorum. 2. Taksi gidiyor. Moving on, let’s get familiar with...